Re, "the limited options," described by Boehner:
"The President himself is no more than a representative of public opinion at the time of his election; and as public opinion is subject to great and frequent fluctuations, he must accommodate his policy to them; or the people will speedily give him a successor; or either House of Congress will effectually control his power. It is thus, and in no other sense that the Constitution of the United States is democratic - for the government of our country, instead of a Democracy the most simple, is the most complicated government on the face of the globe." - John Quincy Adams, "Jubilee" Discourse, 1839
America's Founders apparently did not believe the Congress had only "limited options" to deal with excesses of power by the Executive Branch. Perhaps Mr. Boehner can explain.